“As well as strong commercial skills, Nicolas has a track record of customer and stakeholder engagement.

“With more than half of Queensland’s trade by tonnage passing through our ports, I look forward to working with Nicolas and the whole NQBP team to deliver great outcomes for our communities and customers.”

The former NQBP CEO, Steve Lewis, departed in December 2017 and took up the role of acting CEO of Mid West Ports, a position that has been permanently filled by Rochelle Macdonald, who had been acting CEO at NQBP, and its general manager – engineering and development.

Recently, the acting CEO position at NQBP has been filled by general manager trade operations Brendan Webb.